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Methods and systems for graphics processing in a medical imaging system

  • US 20050110793A1
  • Filed: 11/21/2003
  • Published: 05/26/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Graphics processing circuitry for a medical ultrasound system, the graphics processing circuitry comprising:

  • a graphics processing unit;

    a system interface coupled to the graphics processing unit; and

    a graphics memory coupled to the graphics processing unit, the graphics memory comprising;

    an image data block storing image data entries for at least one ultrasound beam, a vertex data block storing vertex entries that define rendering shapes; and

    rendering plane definitions, where the graphics processing unit accesses the image data entries and vertex entries to render a volume according to the rendering plane definitions with blending parameters for selected image data entries and where the graphics processing unit renders the volume using alpha blending in accordance with the blending parameters.

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